The Recent news
CPDATM – The Committee for the Prevention of the
Destruction of Antiquities on the
IAA- Israeli Antiquities Association
PM – Prime Minster
Wakf – Moslem trust on the
AG – Attorney General
1/11/07 Archaeological Remains dated to the First
Very surprisingly, and contrary to
IAA policy so far, the IAA reported in a press release that a sealed occupation
level has been discovered on the Temple Mount dating to the First Temple period
in the course of the inspection that the IAA is conducting on the Waqf's trench
work.
So far, the IAA has refrained from admitting in public that it is indeed
performing archaeological inspection work at the site, since there was an
agreement with the Waqf that the Israeli inspection is not to be disclosed in
public. In this case, not only is there
an official press release admitting the existence of such inspection, but the
press release also describes an archaeological dig at the site performed by an
official body of the State of Israel.
The press release was sent to the political affairs reporters of all
news outlets and not to the science reporters, as is usually done. It appears that the disclosure in this case
is motivated by primarily political considerations and is not the IAA's own
initiative. Rather, it appears that a
directive from the Prime Minister's Office is responsible for the press
release. In these very days,
negotiations with the Palestinians are taking place and the future of the
As far as the release itself is
concerned, the artifacts that were discovered are very common finds in the
Sifting Project of Temple Mount dirt that is ongoing for three years now. The uniqueness of the find is that it is a
"clean" assemblage that is entirely from one specific period and was
taken out directly from the
The assemblage was discovered in the southern part of
the eastern flank of the trench, about
20/9/08
Supreme court tends to reject CPDATM petition
This morning, the supreme court dealt with a plea of
the CPDATM. Based on the judges who had been selected to deal with the
issue (Ayala Purcacha, Asher Gronis and Edna Arbel) there seemed to be a slight
chance for the plea's acceptance. Surprisingly, at the opening of the
discussion, it seemed that Judge Procaccia was sympathetic toward the
presentation of the committee, however, the State's attorneys managed to upset
the entire case by focusing the issue on the question of whether or not there
was archeological inspection while the trench-digging took place instead of
dealing with the question of why the digging was permitted without first
carrying out preliminary preventative, salvage excavation. Archeological
inspection is required where there is a question as to whether or not a site
contains antiquities, whereas in known archeological sites, salvage excavations
are carried out before allowing earth-moving or construction work. The
impression created in the court was that archeological inspection can be put on
a par with an actual dig during which scientific records are made of the
exposed antiquities and remnants found. Our situation here can be
compared to open heart surgery being carried out with an axe, while a
professional surgeon looks on.
Behind closed doors, the state presented evidence testifying to the fact that the earth-works were carried out under archeological inspection. The committee and its lawyers could not respond to testimony given behind closed doors and therefore the judges announced their acceptance of the state's evidence that there had indeed been close inspection. To finalize the matter, it was requested that the committee present within 21 days an expert archeological opinion as to the criteria according to which there should have been archeological inspection on The Mount and following that a judgment will be given.
It must be
pointed out that, should the court accept the position of the government,
agreeing that archeological inspection is adequate and there is no need for a
salvage excavation, this will be a dangerous precedent. Any contractor
who wishes to build on a known archeological site where the Antiquities
Authority demands that he first finance and carry out a salvage excavation,
will be able to say that archeological inspection was deemed to be adequate on
the Temple Mount, all the more so at any other location in the country.
See Israel Caspi interview after the court hearing
18/9/08 Supreme Court will have a
hearing on Thursday morning regarding the CPDATM petition
See more details about the petition on
Haaretz article
7/9/07 Detailed reports and
pictures of the new trench were published on BAS website
2/9/07 CPDATM will a submit a petition to supreme court in order to stop
heavy machinery digs on the Mount
2/9/07 Updated map
of the trench and architectural elements seen in its cross-sections
30/8/07 Architectural
Elements and Stratified Layers Were Seen in Several Spots in Trench
Cross-Sections
The trench had reached a length of about 400m, and extends all the way to the Al-Aqsa mosque. Stratified layers, bedrock, wall remnants and a pavement were observed in the trench cross-sections. Most interesting was a remnant of a 7m wide wall that was seen in the trench cross-section south to the eastern stairs of the raised platform. More details and a field report will be published soon.
More pictures could be seen in Hebrew field report.
28/8/07 A new, very long trench to the North and East of the Dome of the Rock raised
platform
18/7/07
18/7/07 Israel Channel 10 news has published some more videos of the trench dig.
14/7/07
The Jerusalem Post has published an excellent editorial
article about the
11/7/07
New pictures and
a video from the trench
11/7/07
A Trench was dug with a tractor on Dome of the Rock raised platform
On Sunday (8/7/07) Waqf official used a JCB tractor to dig a trench on the
Dome of the Rock raised platform, in order to install new electricity lines.
The trench depth varies from 50 –
It is not clear who authorized such a dig, but we do know it was authorized by Israeli officials. Even if there was archaeological inspection, by any circumstances it doesn't justify such a dig at this location.
12/05/06 Summary of the past year’s
events
The Project of Sifting the Debris from the
The project continues, and apparently will carry on for quite a long time, thanks to Ir-David Foundation of taking the project under its wing. The second season began on September 2005 and, based on successful experience gained during the first season, the project orientation will be educational. Hundreds of groups from various institutions have already participated in the project. Information regarding participation in the project can be obtained by calling 972-54-2289166.
One of the surprising finds of the first season’s work was a section from a marble pillar shaft (in the lower left picture). As already mentioned, Waqf workers sorted out and removed the large architectural items from the earth heaps before they were dumped outside. Finding such an item was a totally surprise to the projects’ staff. Even more interesting is the fact that, among a collection of pillar remnants assembled near the southern wall of the Temple Mount, there are two similar segments of the same diameter and texture as the one found in the sifting project (in the lower right picture). From this we can surmise that additional marble pillars were also found in the large excavation carried out at the entrance to “Solomon’s Stables” or from some other unknown illicit excavation on the mount. These items are not typical contents of early land-fill and therefore it is possible that they were dismantled from architectural remnants that were destroyed by the illicit dig on Nov. 99.
As to the pillars, it may be
suggested that they are from buildings that were on the
The Corner of the Ophel
The struggle of the CPDATM for the prevention of destruction of Temple-Mount antiquities is continuing with its efforts to halt the expansion of the Moslem cemetery located to the east of the Eastern wall, near the south eastern corner of the Temple-Mount from extending into the Ophel corner. The committee has served several appeals on the subject to the High Court of Justice and has met with only limited success because the police have not implemented the instructions of the court. More information on this subject can be found in the collection of articles that have appeared in the press.
Repairs to the Walls
The replacement work on the stones that were bulging out from the southern
and eastern walls has been completed.
The new stones have a completely modern texture and are a serious
esthetic blemish to the structure of the walls of the
Work in “Solomon’s Stables”
In tandem with the repairs to the walls, reinforcements were made to the structure of “Solomon’s Stables”. These works included the erecting of scaffolding and drilling in ancient architectural remnants without any archeological inspection.
Tractors on the Mountain
Occasional evidence of continued earthworks continues to show up in the
reports of tractors working on the Temple-Mount without any archeological
inspection. About three tractors of
different functions and sizes are permanently situated on the Mount. The CPDATM has long demanded their removal
from the compound so long as there is no archeological and professional
inspection over their work. Recently a
medium-sized tractor was photographed as it worked in the structure of
Solomon’s Stables”.
06/09/04: Court bars removal of
See Jerusalem Post article for more details.
22/8/04: The plan to remove tons of debris is now frozen
Due to the public exposure of the plan to remove tons of debris from the
16/8/04: Tons of debris will be removed
from the Mount in coming days, for further construction
The Wakf plans to remove tones of debris out of the Mount in the coming days. The plan is coordinated with the police and the IAA, which will supervise the debris once it is taken out of the Mount. This debris is lying at the eastern area of the Mount for more than four years, since the illegal dig on November 1999. It is most probable that the debris contains many significant archaeological artifacts that should be examined and preserved.
The purpose of this planed work is to make room for further construction at the Eastern section of the Mount.
17/6/04: New diggings of a channel north to the Dome of the
Rock ramp
Yesterday a new channel was dug near the Dome of the Rock ramp, to its north. The channel is about 30m long and 50cm deep. The purpose of the dig was for installing a new electric wire. I’ve gone through the dirt taken out from this dig, and saw many sherds, that had fresh broken facets. This means that large peaces of pottery were broken during this dig. I did not notice any archaeologist supervising the workers.
22/03/04: Updates of the ongoing illegal
construction
In new pictures we have taken on the Mount it can be seen that more illegal
unsupervised construction is taking place on the Mount everyday. The main
construction these days is at the structure known as ‘Al-Aqsa
Library’, near the
Click here to view the new pictures
16/2/04: New debris has been evacuated from
the Mount, More digging
According to pictures recently taken by the Tenu'ah
LeChinun HaMikdash organization, it seems like work in the Islam museum
included a dig or an evacuation of ancient debris. The debris was taken out
from the mount by a truck. The pictures also show some maintenance digging that
was done with no archaeological inspection. See
pictures.
16/204: The police is using the Gate of the Chain for Non-Muslim visitors for
entering the Mount
Although some officers in the police seek for excuses to close the
15/2/04: Collapse of a retaining wall of
the Rambam entrance to the Mount
Due to the snow over Jerusalem last night, a retaining wall of the Rambam (Mugrabi)
Gate to the Temple Mount collapsed over
the woman’s section of the western wall praying court. Due to the danger
of further collapses the police moved the woman’s section further north.
But instead of finding a solution for the
10/2/04: More
unsupervised renovations in several ancient structure on Temple Mount
The wall near the
The northern section of the
The progress of the reconstruction work of the southern wall is very slow, although many construction blocks that were seen near the Solomon’s stables entrance are missing, and were probably used for other purposes than the reconstruction of the Southern Wall.
In a structure near the
New pictures will be published soon on the website.
10/12/03: New unsupervised construction near the Dome of the Rock ramp
On an occasional visit today, we surprisingly noticed that a JCB tractor was digging a channel near the western entrance to the Dome of the Rock ramp. The purpose of the dig was to exchange a sewage channel. We asked the police to stop the work, because it is illegal to do so with out archaeological inspection. They said that they are supervising it, and one of the policemen claimed that he is an archaeologist. After asking him a few questions I realized he was lying and knows nothing about archaeology.
25/09/03: A wall of a structure near the
Islam museum in the
For more details see Israel National News report.
Click here to see a picture of the collapse.
18/9/03:
From new pictures from the Temple Mount it seems that the scale of the destruction in the recent years is larger that we thought. Many piles of ancient stones were seen, and it seems like many architectural remains were dismantled. The major Waqf construction these days is replacing a paving near the Islamic museum, which is authorized by the police. Unauthorized construction attempts that involve ancient structures were prevented by the police inspection on the Mount. It seems like the new police Minister, Zachi Hanegbi, really made a change in the police attitude.
12/8/03: New pictures taken by Yair Shalev from a visit 3 weeks show that many piles of rubble still exist on the Mount. See Shalev’s website.
9/7/03: An IAA committee of experts has
reached the conclusion that the “Johash tablet” is a forgery.
1/6/03: There are evidence
of new construction materials and heavy machinery that entered the mount
Some new construction materials and heavy machinery were
recently seen entering the Mount. It seems that it has nothing to do with the
renovation at the southern wall. A new construction location (mainly paving) is
seen near the
24-3-03: The Jordanian
delegation has begun renovating the southern wall
This work mainly consists of replacing the stones at the area of the bulge. There is a fear that the Waqf will take advantage of the permits given to the Jordanian delegation, in order to smuggle in other construction materials for illegal construction.
13-11-02 Researchers
hail dramatic 
11-11-02: The Jordanian
delegation: The Southern wall should be rebuilt
Haaretz correspondent, Nadav Shragai, has revealed this
morning that the Jordanian engineers delegation has concluded that the upper
section of the Southern Wall (The medieval courses – not the Herodian
section) should be rebuild with modern construction techniques. In spite of
that, they concluded that the wall is in no danger of collapse. The conclusion
report was kept confidential, and for this reason it was not published in the
media till now.
11-11-02: Ramadan Begins – Probability of Southern Wall collapse increases
Last Friday, 150,000 Muslims worshipers accented the mount
for first Ramadan’s Friday prayers. The police hasn’t put any
restrictions or limitations on the entrance of the worshipers, in spite of the
danger of Southern Wall collapse. From conversations I had with some Muslim who
participated the Friday’s prayers, the new ‘Marwani’ mosque
in Solomon’s Stables was crowded with worshipers. They mentioned that no
one fears from the collapse, because it is a great privilege to die in such a
location, and in such circumstances.
13-10-02: A new bulge in the Western Wall
According to Jerusalem Post correspondent, E. Lefkovitz, a side section of the mount's western wall that shows signs of dampness has begun to protrude as well, and a 10m wide bulge has appeared just right to the Rambam (Mugrabi) Gate (Near the wailing wall). See Article.
13-10-02: Jordanian
engineers began surveying the southern wall
Jordanian engineers last week drilled into
the bulge in the southern wall of
28-08-02: Following a CPDATM public letter to the PM, the issue
of the Southern Wall bulge has reached the Government and media agenda
Earlier this week the CPDATM has sent an urgent letter to
the PM requesting him to allow the appropriate authorities to take care of the
on growing bulge in the
The government has
tried to negotiate with the Wakf authorities, but it abject any involvement of
Israeli municipalities in issues regarding the
25-08-02: A massive Muslim youth incitement demonstration on the
Mount – Wakf raise funds for work resume
On the last Saturday the Israeli Muslem movement has
arranged a massive youth gathering on the Mount for an event, that was defined
as the Koran quiz. The massive gathering turned into a brutal incitement
demonstration, in which the Muslim Sheikhs were heard screaming through the
speakers demanding to expel all Jews from
26-04-02: The
For the last 20 months the Government of Israel is preventing
non-Muslims to visit the
26-03-02: Wakf fixing
08-02-02: Another truck seen entering the
Yesterday, another truck was seen entering the
14-01-02: Hundreds encircle the mount in renewing an old
tradition
Hundreds of Jews encircled the Mount last night in renewing
an old medieval tradition of citing psalms songs at the gates of the
14-01-02: A Bulldozer was seen working near
“Solomon’s Stables”
Yesterday a Bulldozer was seen working near the new ‘monumental entrance’ north to the ‘Solomon’s Stables’ substructure. This event is a sharp contraction to the Police announcements that no more construction, not to speak about heavy machinery, will be allowed to take place on the Mount.
10-01-02: Police commander summoned to minister for
clarifications
Police Minister, Uzi Landau, summoned the Police commander
of the Old city of
01-01-02: Police Minister, Uzi Landau, directed police to
dismantle the new paving north to the Dome of the Rock ramp.
12-01-02: Last month the
CPDATM has sent a detailed
letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in which he is accused of
neglecting the most important site in the history of
27-12-01: New pictures prove police claims to be false
Click here to see the new
pictures
11-12-01: Waqf Keeps On Building, Destroying The Temple Mount
(Aruz7)
10-12-01: Plans for Husseini Memorial on the Temple Mount
(Aruz7)
30-11-01: Israel Antiquities Officials Document Temple Mount
Damage by Wakf (Aruz7)
20-11-01: Knesset Committee Hears of Moslem Plan To
"Upgrade" Temple Mount Sanctity (Aruz7)
20-11-01:
A Large Truck was seen on the
We
presume that the truck was downloading new construction material. Some sources tell
us that paving construction to be resume tonight on the Mount.
07-09-01:
Wakf engineer claims that the Israeli
authorities are constructing two new tunnels under the Solomon Stables
substructure.
Read more details in
Jerusalem Post report.
06-09-01:
The Police have stopped a Wakf attempt to
construct some more scaffolding outside the southern wall.
The Wakf tried to install scaffolding outside the
walls at the foot of the southern wall. The police stopped the Wakf after two
hours of work. It has been told that the IAA gave them permission to treat this
wall. It is obvious that the primitive activity of cementing the swollen wall
imply on the unserious attitude of the Israeli government allowing the Wakf to
take care of such a serious engineering problem. Prime minister Sharon forgets
that whenever this massive wall will fall on people’s head he will be the
only one to be blamed. See
Pictures.
31-08-01:
Pictures of the new bulge in the
southern wall are added to the website. Also see report from 05-08-01
below.
28-08-01: More underground construction
In the
last week new construction took place in an ancient cistern (W2/G30), which is
located in the northeastern part of the Dome of the rock platform. Above the
entrance of this cistern some metal scaffolding was constructed in which an
engine and a cable are attached to it. The Wakf is probably using this
equipment to elevate buckets and other construction materials to the cistern.
This is large cistern cut in the bedrock and measure 20m in length, 12m in
width, and 14m deep. It is reported to be partly full of water. We have no idea
what the Wakf is constructing inside the cistern, but it may be related to the
recent underground work done in the
28-08-01:
Construction renewed on/in the
In the
last two weeks many new paving stones where entered to the mount. New Pictures
will be published soon.
05-08-01: The
chief of the Jerusalem Old City police station, Nisan Shaham, is concealing
information about what is happening on the
The website
editor has been told that the substantial discrepancies between the information
reaching the archeological committee, and the claims of the police, result from
the policy of
05-08-01: The southern wall of the
As a result of
the work in Solomon's Stables, work performed not only in the absence of
archeological inspection, but also without any inspection by or authorization
from the building and inspection branch of the
29-07-01 (9th
of Av): Construction and Destruction continues inside the mount
In contrast to the directions given by Interior security
Minister, volunteer workers of the Islamic movement continue to arrive to the
22-07-01: Congressman Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) introduces the
It is a Legislation that would stop American taxpayer sponsorship of the
erosion of Judeo-Christian heritage in
17-07-01: MKs call for inquiry into
Temple Mount construction (Jerusalem Post)
13-07-01: Internal Security Minister directed the
police not to permit any kind of construction on the Mount
Member of the CPDATM met on Friday morning with internal security minister Uzi Landau. They showed him new aerial pictures in which tractors are seen in work. Landau told them he gave directions to stop any kind of construction on the Mount. Lets just hope these directions will really take place.
06-07-01: The
CPDATM has published new
pictures proofing destruction continuing in the last months.
In
contrast to the claims of the Prime Minister office and the police, which say
that in the last two month there is no construction on the
05-07-01: Wakf has begun "cleaning" ancient
cisterns
The
newspaper of the Islamic movement reported that the Wakf has begun a new
project of "cleaning" the ancient cisterns on the Mount. The
01-07-01: In The last two month the construction on the mount has been done on a small scale. This is due to heavy pressure and restrictions that the Government of Israel has put on the Wakf authorities.
14-06-01: A large stone saw is cutting ancient stones
Tractors
are continuing construction work without any archaeological inspection, and a
large stone saw there works non-stop, cutting dozens of ancient stones into
slabs used for the new paving and construction on the
20-05-01: New pictures from the Temple
Mount show removal of Eastern Vault
08-05-01: Listen to CJAM
91.5 FM on Thursday morning
On Thursday CJAM (Windsor,
Ont.
27-04-01:
Read more about in Jerusalem Post recent articles.
22-04-01:
According to New York Post correspondent pirates are
brazenly digging up Jewish artifacts from the holy
17-04-01: The Author of
this website is being put on trial following a political vendetta by the
Antiquities Authority
The Trial will begin this Sunday (22/4/01) in which I am
charged in damaging an archaeological site. These charges come after an
investigation done by the IAA, in which many different means where used in
order to bring me to court. It began immediately after an annual conference of
the
Because of public
criticism they dropped the charge regarding my activity for rescuing the
The only thing left to say is that the ordinary citizen
should reach the conclusion that every action done to expose the real truth
regarding the
03-04-01: The supreme court rejected today the CPDATM
petition by suggesting that it should be pulled back, because of the fact
that the names of Ariel Sharon and Uzi Landau appear in the list of the
petitioners. But these names only appear a year ago in a letter sent to the
former PM, while the current petition to the court was applied after
08-03-01: THE CPDATM petitioned to the supreme court against the Temple Mount Archaeological Destruction (see 28-02-01).
06-03-01: The Police has admitted that severe archaeological damage was recently done by the Wakf authority.
02-03-01:
PM Barak and IAA awaken
Following
an urgent letter from the director of the Antiquities Authority to the prime
minister the Police was ordered to tell the Waqf to stop the destruction on the
28-02-01:
The CPDATM is preparing a comprehensive petition to the Supreme Court. This
petition will be against the Prime Minister, Interior Minister, Justice
Minster, Attorney General, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Israeli Police Chief
of Staff, Israeli Police, Muslim Waqf, Israeli Antiquities Authority and
28-02-01:
Destruction Continues – Eastern Vault Seriously Damaged
In
the last weeks every Saturdays hundreds of volunteers of the Islamic Movement
arrive to the
02-02-01:
Court orders review of
Temple Mount excavations (Jpost)
31-01-01: The Wakf has
prepared an additional large area for pavement: The CPDATM has wrote
a letter to Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, in which they call to immediately halt
the construction that is done on the
31-01-01:
It appears that the video that was shown on IBA news was taken by Yusif Sa'id an-Natsheh, which is an archaeologist
hired by the Wakf.
28-01-01:
'Antiquities Now' Demonstration: There
is a new 'watchdog' organization named 'Antiquities Now'. They are planning a
demonstration against the pillage in the
28-01-01:
A unique video of Old-Al-Aqsa
IBA
TV news has broadcast a unique video taken from within the
24-01-01: Chief rabbis decry reputed Temple Mount digging (Jpost)
24-01-01: Major
controversy about the new tunnel
The last two days the Israeli
media was trying to find out the truth about the information of the new tunnel
in the
23-01-01: See Haaretz reports for more
details about the controversy of the recent events on the
22-01-01: The Archaeological
Destruction reach new peaks
NEW DIG AROUND THE DOME OF THE
ROCK: Last Sunday, a tractor dug a new trench. Its length is about 35m and
its depth about 60cm. This digging was done on the Dome of the Rock ramp, and
may have damaged an ancient floor. The level of the bedrock in this area is
very close to the current floor level. We have no idea what was destroyed as a
result of this digging, because there are no inspections on the
(A picture taken by the Police of the recent construction on
the Dome of the Rock ramp)
A NEW UNDERGROUND TUNNEL IS
DUG: The CPDATM has got some 'founded proof' about a new tunnel between
Solomon's Stables and the ruins of the ancient Al Aqsa Mosque the Wakf has
recently dug. The entrance to this tunnel was seen in an ancient cistern, which
is tangent to the southern wall of the Mount and to the eastern wall of the
double gate passage. In this area the pilgrims used to accent the Mount through
the Hulda Gates in the
21-01-01: Waqf announces halt in Temple Mount construction.
21-01-01: Leading Israelis protest
against Temple Mount construction.
11-01-01: Israeli national TV news reporter, Bennie Liss, has
managed to secret a hidden camera inside the
04-01-01: We are now confident that the gate jamb fragment that
was recovered by the IAA from the debris in the Kidron valley, is dated to the
Second Temple Era, and may even be a remnant of one of the gates of the
04-01-01: A new
sketch of the recent destruction is added to the website. Check out the main
page.
03-01-01: SUSPICOUS
ACTIVITY ON THE MOUNT
Last night the lights on the Mount were deliberately shut
off for over an hour. This was the first time such a thing occurred since the
installation of new illumination a few years ago.
15-12-00: THE DESTRUCTIVE DIGS ARE RENEWED (New updates
from the
Since the Palestinian riots have
occurred, Israelis have no access to the
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New diggings have occurred in the last few weeks. A channel 1m deep, and
3-4m wide was dug northwest from the ‘Solomon’s stables’
structure.
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3 days ago, a JCB tractor has entered the Mount with 7 more trucks.
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in the new mosque entrance, north to Solomon’s stables, has also been
paved.
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At least 70 trucks were counted leaving the
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There is also construction inside the Golden gate.
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Prime Minister of
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Lots of blocks, cement and other construction materials has been brought
to the Mount.
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The IAA and the A-G relate to the recent Waqf activities very severely.
They cannot do anything about it, because their hands are tied by the PM, who
chooses not to prevent the archaeological destruction. The PM has authorized
the Waqf to have 6 trucks on the Mount per day. In spite of this, the
Palestinian newspapers report that
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Since the riots have erupted, even the IAA archaeologists are banned
from entering the Mount. There is an agreement with the Waqf that they can
accompany the trucks existing the Mount to the dumping location.
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The CPDATM has sent urgent applications to the Prime Minister, but they
are constantly being ignored. The CPDATM has announced to the Attorney General
that if the government of
12-12-00: Again, 6 trucks were
seen evacuating earth from the
13-11-00: While all eyes are to
the riots all over
03-9-00: This site will not have news updates about the
riots the Palestinians are doing in the recent days. These riots have nothing
to do with the archaeology of the
(IsraelWire-9/28-09:25-DST) The
Thursday morning visit to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, or Haram As-Sharif as
it is called by the Arab population, was marred when Arabs began hurling stones
and other objects at the delegation as it was leaving as well as at security
forces.
21-9-00: For the last 8 days,
The project of sifting the debris
from the
02-7-00:
PM Ehud Barak has reacted to an urgent application of the CPDATM regarding the
expected digging for sewage concrete pipe installations. We still don't know
which decisions he will take.
29-6-00:
Taking Aerial photos from above
the Temple Mount is now also forbidden.
29-6-00:
An excellent article written by
Nadav Shragai from Haaretz newspaper.
29-6-00:
"Yesterday, while walking along the eastern side of the